# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-whitney-hall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:29.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-whitney-hall"
name: "John Whitney Hall"
slug: "john-whitney-hall"
description: "John Whitney Hall was an American historian of Japan who specialized in pre-modern Japanese history. His life work was recognized by the Japanese government, which awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure."
tagline: "American Japanologist (1916–1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-09-13"
deathDate: "1997-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.88
  momentum:             0.7894736842105262
  historical:           7.406912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_Hall"
    title: "John Whitney Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جون ويتني هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_Hall"
    title: "John Whitney Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_Hall"
    title: "John Whitney Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جان ویتنی هال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_Hall"
    title: "John Whitney Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジョン・ホイットニー・ホール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_Hall"
    title: "John Whitney Hall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3297726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump